May Day: that Communist celebration of labour and the working class, the poor and oppressed proliteriate. The start of a one week holiday for all of China (the other being in October), with an estimated 90 million mainlanders travelling. And how are they spending this week of the working class? By spending as much as they can.

...research confirms the free-spending ways of cashed-up mainlanders who can throw down thousands of Hong Kong dollars on a single item without batting an eyelash...over the weekend the priority of the day was shopping, shopping and more shopping stopping only long enough enough to refuel at a restaurant to regain energy for more shopping...What's happening is mainlanders are coming to Hong Kong seeking out name-brand items that sell for less here than on the mainland and are skimping on food and accommodation.